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He doesn’t envision a post-career life at the typewriter. So a tell-all book? A bestseller? Not in the works. “Probably,” says Jonas Hiller, chuckling, “nobody wants to buy it anyways.” However, retired teammate Teemu Selanne did put together an authorized biography in which he takes strongly worded swipes at Anaheim Ducks coach Bruce Boudreau.

Unsurprisingly, considering the man and the moment, the memory came drifting back, out of the mists of the past, Wednesday morning. The early spring of 1989. Morning skate, event level of the long-past fabulous Forum in Inglewood, Calif. Jammed up against a wall off to a side, out of the way, wedged between rows of removable seats, was clustered a mass of memorabilia. Framed jerseys. Paintings. Afghan rugs.

The trick is in convincing people to divert their gaze from Pittsburgh long enough to consider. “I definitely think he belongs in the hunt,” Ryan Getzlaf’s old boss, Brian Burke, is saying from the shimmering, sunswept vistas of Boca Rotan, Fla., site of the NHL GMs meetings. “This is a dominating player. He has a bad temper, a high skill level and a big body. That’s a good combination for a hockey player.

* May 26, 1987 — Vancouver Canucks president Pat Quinn announces the Canadian government has granted Brian Burke a work permit, allowing the American born, Harvard-educated lawyer to work as the club’s vice-president and director of hockey operations.

Eager to reward long-deprived fans, eager to appease high-profile employees, the National Hockey League had sought change. No one wanted to extend the dead-puck era, during which offence had evaporated, during which holding up and pulling down had been winked at (but not whistled at).

The bad news — the Anaheim Ducks own the most potent power-play unit in the National Hockey League. The good news — the Ducks don’t draw very many penalties. In fact, only the Boston Bruins have had fewer chances with the man advantage.

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